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NSA director's testimony doesn't answer critics' charges about the potential for abuse.
In the most candid explanation of the National Security Agency's surveillance program to date, agency head Gen. Keith Alexander said Tuesday that his organization's listening activity has helped foil more than 50 terrorist plots against the United States and its allies. One of those involved Najibullah Zazi's attempt to blow up the New York City subway; another concerned an early-stage plan, news of which was previously withheld from the public, to blow up the New York Stock Exchange.
Alexander and other witnesses before the House Intelligence Committee made sure to highlight key details of these foiled attacks. Understandably so: The more we focus on the program's successes, the less harshly we might be inclined to judge its alleged excesses. But what exactly is the tradeoff being made here, and how do these revelations address concerns about the potential for NSA over-spying?
We now know at least this much: Of the millions of phone numbers that the NSA could summon for intelligence purposes under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, about 300 specific numbers were actually "queried" from the database in the course of federal investigations. (This database is made up of the same telephone metadata Verizon has been handing over to the government on a daily basis since 2006, the subject of NSA leaker Edward Snowden's initial bombshell.) Twenty-two officials are responsible for approving these queries within the NSA, and the agency doesn't require special court authorization to inspect the phone numbers in question.
The NSA says it takes steps to rule out accidental snooping on U.S. citizens. Among the most important? Inspecting the area code, said John Inglis, the NSA's deputy director. If the number begins with "301," for example, you'd know it was a Maryland number.
"That would be your only insight as to whether this would be attributable to a U.S. person," Inglis said, adding that if the person was simply exercising their First Amendment right to free speech, "that is not a reason to approve a query."
Inglis didn't elaborate on how the NSA would go about determining whether the subject was in fact exercising free-speech rights (Would they send an agent to interview the suspect? Tap his lines?), but he assured lawmakers that the phone-records program had "a very narrow purpose."
(It's not entirely clear, but these minimization procedures seem to be separate from those applied to PRISM, the NSA surveillance program that summons data from tech companies under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.)
Yet despite Inglis's insistence that from this database the NSA can only retrieve phone numbers—and that "queries" approved by the 22 agency officials would return only those phone numbers that the first number dialed—statements by other officials at the hearing seemed to suggest that connecting metadata to specific individuals was a trivial matter.
Take one of the four cases the officials highlighted as plots disrupted by either the 215 program (the phone records) or the 702 program (the business records). Using the 215 program, said FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce, law-enforcement officials were able to positively identify an individual who was providing financial assistance to a listed terrorist group in Somalia. Not only that, but the FBI was also able to identify that suspect's coconspirators.
We already know that metadata acts as a kind of digital fingerprint, and it takes little more than a couple of data points to connect anonymized metadata to a specific person.
Even President Obama hinted at how flimsy the "it's only metadata" argument is in his interview with Charlie Rose last night:
"[Critics will] say, you know, 'You can—when you start looking at metadata, even if you don't know the names, you can match it up, if there's a call to an oncologist, and there's a call to a lawyer, and—you can pair that up and figure out maybe this person's dying, and they're writing their will, and you can yield all this information.' All of that is true. Except for the fact that for the government, under the program right now, to do that, it would be illegal."
That any abuse of the system would be treated after the fact as a crime doesn't do anything to assuage Americans worrying that the crime is possible in the first place. It's also not outrageous to say, as my colleague Conor Friedersdorf does, that the tradeoff we've made between liberty and security is out of balance, and that maybe we've let our fear of terrorism get the better of us.


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I am creating a minecraft-like clone and was wondering what is the best way to go about animating a model, for example implementing the following feature: when the player presses the arrow keys, move both legs in the opposite directions but when the player stops moving retract the legs, slowley. This is what I want to be able to do dynamically, the following is just an example of what I want to acheive and is proberly not the best way of doing so.
So here is an example of what I mean, some thing like:
if (player.Velocity != Vector2.Zero) {
} else {
I highly doubt that is a great way about going about animating the legs, but I hope you get the idea. Also, I wondering how would I actually use/create my model class so I can add animations to different objects.
Here is some pesduo code :
Animation animation = new Animation("Leg Rotation");
animation.Mesh = playerModel.GetMesh("LLeg");
animaiton.RotationType = RotationType.RotationFromOrigin;
animaiton.Axis = Axis.X;
animation.MaxRotation = MathHelper.ToRadians(25);
animation.MinRotation = MathHelper.ToRadians(-25);
animation.DefaultRotation = MathHelper.ToRadians(0);
if (player.Velocity != Vector2.Zero) {
player.Model.PlayAnimation("Leg Rotation");
} else {
player.Model.PlayAnimation("Leg Retract");
Altough that is hardly sufficient as you cannot change the speed of the animation based on the speed of the player, and I don't think that is how minecraft does it...
So what I am asking is if anyone has any ideas on how minecraft does/handles animations or any other advice on how I should animite primitive models (in a reusable way) please help me :)

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Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi, a Reform rabbi (center, in white shirt) leads a Shabbat service in a small portable building that is kindergarten by day and synagogue at night near his home in Tzur Hadassah, Israel. (Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his typical day's worth of food in the month of October was 3100 Kcals. He is 43 years of age; 6 feet, 1 inch tall and 165 pounds. Tzur Hadassah, located 15 minutes southwest of Jerusalem is a communal settlement where residents lease land and houses from the state of Israel for a 99-year period.
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I love your foundation plantings. Have you tried growing anything up the chainlink? On mine I have grown morning glory,cucumbers,birdhouse gourds,and clematis.
Glad to hear you are into composting, too. Interestingly, I also "spot" composted when my garden was just beginning. Now the plants are growing much closer together and there's no room to dig a composting hole next to them, so my husband built me a wonderful compost bin on the rear corner of our property. I use it constantly and topdress my gardens each year with the "black gold" it produces.
Thank you so much for strolling my gardens and your kind comments. I see you have some of my favorite perennials: yarrow, peonies and hostas. Don't you just love having a garden so you can have cut flowers any time? Where are you located? How long have you been gardenigs?
Millet I love the border planting along the side of your house. Great color,texture and diversity. I really like how the shrubs lead your eyes. Great against the white background of the house.
Love all the colors and height variations. You must have a wonderfully green thumb - your pots a so full and healhy!
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I enjoyed your lovely, beautiful garden yesterday, sorry I didn't wrote a comment, but thanks for looking at my little paradise. You must be a great person, because it refelaxes in the way you created your outsdoors with flowers and plants, keep going!
your flowers are very pretty and look very healthy, nwould like to see more then just flowers, though
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If you believe some dings and scratches on your car are indignities to avoid by flouting the law, you have something in common with the state's public utility consumer advocate, Elin Katz. If, however, you join the rest of us in honoring the reservation of certain parking spaces for people with disabilities, you will want to read this story that tells a tale of callous, grasping entitlement.
What is it about Malloy administration officials named Katz and their notions of privilege when they enter a parking garage? Two weeks ago, I wrote about Joette Katz, Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, storing her deluxe BMW convertible at a state garage for the winter. Elin Katz has trumped her by trampling on fundamental notions of fairness.
Katz, a West Hartford Democrat, became the consumer counsel in the regulated business of public utilities in 2011. In March 2012, she purchased a black Toyota Highlander, a midsize sport utility vehicle. It was larger than the car it replaced. Katz, according to a spokesman, "was uncomfortable parking in her designated spot. She was concerned that she might damage her car or the one parked next to it when getting in or out of it."
The parking garage at 10 Franklin Square in New Britain is big. It accommodates several state agencies and workers and visitors to the Superior Court in the same complex. Thousands of vehicles of varying sizes use that garage without incident every week. The spaces, based on experience and observation, appear to be of a uniform size, except, of course, the spots reserved for people with disabilities.
In her testimony before the legislature last year, Katz promised that she would work "not to be seen as, you know, functioning in an ivory tower." She did, however, want a special parking space. According to spokesman Dennis Schain, Katz's request was granted, though it shouldn't have been: "In an ill-advised decision — without checking or communicating with any of his superiors — this person moved Consumer Counsel Katz's space to what is technically called an 'access aisle' identified by painted cross stripes. This area is adjacent to a handicapped parking spot."
That's misleading, if not outright inaccurate. The law is specific about the size and elements of spaces designated for the use of people with disabilities. They "shall be as near as possible to a building entrance or walkway and shall be 15 feet wide including five feet of cross hatch." The space is marked with several signs. Besides, even if it's an "access aisle" for people with disabilities, you're still not supposed to park in it.
Katz commandeered and kept a space for people with disabilities because it is big and she thought she was entitled. For more than a year, Katz, whose job is to stand up to powerful forces on behalf of the rest of us, took a space reserved by law for people who can only travel, for example, in a van that uses a lift to get them in and out of their vehicle.
We long ago reached a consensus that a compassionate society accommodates those whose mobility is compromised by the randomness of this world. Go to a shopping mall on the day after Thanksgiving. All the regular spaces may be full, but you know it is against the law and just plain wrong to park in an unoccupied spot designed for people with disabilities. We disdain and fine the few still who refuse to recognize this basic decency. People like Elin Katz.
At her confirmation hearing last year, Katz touted her accessibility, claiming "basically if somebody calls my office and wants to meet, we meet them." Last week, she refused to speak to me, so I can't tell you why she thought it was proper to park in a space for people with disabilities for more than a year. Others who use that garage knew it was wrong.
After my inquiry Monday, Katz was told to give it up. She has begun parking next to the space for people with disabilities. Wherever she parks, Katz has revealed herself as unsuitable for a job that is intended to serve the powerless, who she disdains.
Kevin Rennie is a lawyer and a former Republican state legislator. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Ann Nieder is a graduate of the UW School of Nursing and a founding member of the Friends of the UW Libraries. She has been a consistent supporter of a collaborative effort by the University Libraries and the Washington State Jewish Historical Society for the Jewish Archives Project.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2737-1 firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst August 12, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
Package : swift Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2013-2161 CVE-2013-4155
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Swift, the Openstack object storage. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
Alex Gaynor from Rackspace reported a vulnerability in XML
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The Times – They are a Changing!
This wonderful term "New Media" – what do we do with it? The world around us is changing. And as this world changes, we need to begin to explore who we will bring on board to assist us in our parishes and dioceses so that we can integrate these wonderful digital tools into evangelization, catechesis, and communication ministries.
I'd like to introduce you to Thomas Sanjurjo, who recently joined the team/staff at Nativity Catholic Church in Brandon, Florida. What is important to note, is that he is their first Electronic Outreach Director. I met him recently at a Sunday liturgy. After Mass we chatted in the parish hall over coffee. I left the conversation with Tom with a sense that this parish portrays a model of what it means to be an emerging 21st Century Parish.
Why is he important to this parish? We are now in the midst of an ever evolving Digital Culture that has its own language and tools. Many of us often feel that we are strangers on the edge observing a world that is both exciting and terrifying.
If I were a missionary in a foreign land, initially I would feel intimidated by not knowing the new language or culture. Even though I would desire to share the Gospel with others, they would not understand me. I might possibly offend them, not knowing how important it is to only shake hands at our first meeting instead of giving a warm hug.
Missionaries today are trained in both the language and culture of the country and people they will serve. By the time they arrive in their new and foreign land, they already speak the language and know the fine points of what is acceptable or not in the culture.
So, if we stop to think about the Digital Culture surrounding us. It is a new language and a new culture! Who is teaching us the language and the ways of this ever evolving culture?
Yes, a professional like an Electronic Outreach Director will not only do ministry via the parish website, Facebook page and more, he/she will also be responsible for training the staff and even parishioners. After all this Digital Culture affects all of us! This parish now has an in residence mentor whose job it is to be involved in electronic outreach.
Tom's description offers an excellent model of a 21st Century minister who is focused on being a Digital Disciple. He is to be a catalyst in his parish to bring others onboard with being 21st Century ministers and parishioners. He shared this model of what he is currently doing in the parish:
Yes, he will be responsible for the daily feeds and updates of the parish FaceBook page, developing and coordinating the parish blog, uploading the Sunday homily to Sunday Mass Podcast, and training his staff and parishioners, and more. His ministry is just beginning. It will be a delight to hear more about his ministry in the future.
I'm sure that there are other positions being created at the parish or diocesan level. If you are aware of these new positions, I invite you take a moment to introduce us to the new position and who is serving in this role. Let's share in how we are becoming a 21st Century church!
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Lightning Acquire LW Philippe Paradis From Blackhawksby Staff Writer / Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired left wing Philippe Paradis (pair-ah-DEE) from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defenseman Kirill Gotovets today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced. He will be assigned to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL.
Paradis, 6-foot-2, 205 pounds, has played in 36 games with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League this season, recording a goal and eight points with 100 penalty minutes. He ranks fourth on the team for penalty minutes. Paradis has also played in five games with the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.
A native of Dolbeau, Quebec, Paradis has played in 102 career AHL games with the IceHogs and the Toronto Marlies, recording seven goals and 27 points. He recorded a career-best five goals and 16 points in 58 games last season. Paradis made his professional debut with the Marlies on April 2, 2010.
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Pets Best Insurance, a Boise-based pet insurance agency serving pet owners across the United States, has retained MassMedia Corporate Communications as its public relations agency of record.
Pets Best Insurance was created in 2005 by Dr. Jack Stephens, the founder of the first pet insurance company in the US who famously insured Lassie, the legendary television dog, in the early 1980s. Today, Pets Best Insurance is one of the lead agencies in the US pet health insurance industry, comprised of a dedicated team of pet lovers and seasoned professionals.
MassMedia Corporate Communications was selected to respond to media inquiries and coordinate public relations efforts related to the company's diverse marketing initiatives and growing policies. To request interviews or to obtain additional information about Pets Best Insurance, please contact Kassi Belz at 702-433-4331, 702-553-9086 (mobile) or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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With the goal of reducing economic euthanasia and his commitment to the health and well-being of all pets, Pets Best Insurance president Dr. Jack Stephens founded pet insurance in the United States in 1981. A true industry visionary, Dr. Stephens presented the first pet insurance policy to famous television dog Lassie. Dr. Stephens leads the Pets Best Insurance team with his passion for quality pet health care and his expert veterinary knowledge. The Pets Best Insurance team, in turn, is comprised of pet lovers who strive to deliver quality customer service and value.
Pet insurance plans offered and administered by Pets Best Insurance Services, LLC are underwritten by Independence American Insurance Company, a Delaware Insurance company. Independence American Insurance Company is a member of The IHC Group, an insurance organization composed of Independence Holding Company, a public company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and its operating subsidiaries. The IHC Group has been providing life, health and stop loss insurance solutions for nearly 30 years. For information on The IHC Group, visit: www.ihcgroup.com. In states in which Independence American Insurance Company's new policy form has not yet received regulatory approval, Aetna Insurance Company of Connecticut will underwrite policies. Each insurer has sole responsibility for its own products. To determine the applicable underwriter in your state visit www.petsbest.com/underwriter or please call Pets Best at 1-877-738.7237.


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Accommodation in England
Accommodation in England ranges from motorway lodges to old-fashioned country retreats, and from budget guesthouses to chic boutique hotels. Characterful old buildings – former coaching inns in towns, converted mansions and manor houses in rural areas – offer heaps of historic atmosphere.
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Nearly all tourist offices will reserve rooms for you. In some areas you pay a deposit that's deducted from your first night's bill (usually ten percent); in others the office will take a percentage or flat-rate commission – usually around £3. Also useful is the "Book-a-bed-ahead" scheme, which reserves accommodation in your next destination – again for a charge of about £3.
A nationwide grading system awards stars to hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs. There's no hard and fast correlation between rank and price, but the grading system does lay down minimum levels of standards and service.
Hotels vary wildly in size, style, comfort and price. The starting price for a one-star establishment is around £60 per night for a double/twin room, breakfast usually included; two- and three-star hotels can easily cost £100 a night, while four- and five-star properties may charge £200 a night – considerably more in London or in resort or country-house hotels. Many city hotels offer cut-price weekend rates to fill the rooms vacated by the weekday business trade. It's worth noting, however, that many upper-end urban hotels quote a "room-only" rate only – breakfast can be another whopping £10 or £15 on top.
Budget hotel chains including easyHotel (wwww.easyhotel.com), Tune Hotels (wwww .tunehotels.com), Premier Inn (wwww .premierinn.com), Travelodge (wwww.trave lodge.co.uk), Holiday Inn Express (wwww .hiexpress.com), Jurys Inn (wwww.jurysinn com), Ibis (wwww.ibishotel.com), Campanile (wwww.campanile.com) and Comfort/Quality/Sleep Inn (all wwww.choicehotelsuk.co.uk) have properties usefully located in city centres across the country. Their style is generic, with no frills – breakfast is charged extra – but with special offers bringing en-suite room rates down to £20–30 if booked in advance, they're a bargain.
B&Bs and guesthouses
At its most basic, a B&B (bed-and- breakfast) is an ordinary private house with a couple of bedrooms set aside for paying guests. Larger establishments with more rooms, particularly in resorts, style themselves guesthouses, but they are pretty much the same thing. Either way, these are a great option for travellers looking for character and a local experience: the best – with fresh, house-proud rooms, hearty home-cooked food and a wealth of local knowledge – can match or beat a hotel stay at any price.
Don't assume that a B&B is no good if it is ungraded in official listings: many places simply choose not to enter into a grading scheme. In countryside locations some of the best accommodation is to be found in farmhouses and other properties whose facilities may technically fall short of official standards.
Many village pubs also offer B&B, again often not graded. Standards vary wildly – some are great, others truly awful – but at best you'll be staying in a friendly spot with a sociable bar on hand, and you'll rarely pay more than £70 a room.
However, single travellers should be aware that many B&Bs and guesthouses don't have single rooms, and sole occupancy of a double/twin room may be charged at seventy or eighty percent of the standard rate.
Hostels and student halls
The Youth Hostel Association (YHA; t01629/592700, wwww.yha.org.uk) has over 220 properties across England (and Wales), offering bunk-bed accommodation in single-sex dormitories and smaller rooms of two, four or six beds. Some hostels also offer tipi accommodation, some have pitches for camping, and most offer kitchens, laundry facilities, lounges, cycle stores and bike rental. In cities, resorts and national park areas the facilities can be as good as some budget hotels. Depending on the season, most hostels charge around £15–22 for a bed – less in quieter places, more in popular locations. Many also offer private twin/double and family rooms (roughly £30–65). Meals – breakfast, packed lunch or dinner – are good value (around £5).
The YHA is affiliated to the global network of Hostelling International (wwww .hihostels.com). If you're already an HI member, you qualify for the YHA's standard rates. Otherwise, you must pay a membership supplement of £3 a night (£1.50 for under-18s) – or you can join HI in person at any hostel, or online, for £16 a year (£10 for under-26s). Family deals are available. Members qualify for perks and discounts on various UK travel providers, detailed on the website.
A comparable network of independent hostels (wwww.independenthostelsuk.co.uk) offers similar facilities in a more youthful, backpacker-oriented ambience, generally at lower prices and with fewer restrictions. Their Independent Hostel Guide, linked on the website, has full details.
In university towns over the summer (July–Sept), plus at Easter and Christmas, student halls can offer great value, generally in single rooms or self-catering apartments. Check wwww.budgetstayuk.com and www .universityrooms.co.uk for details.
Camping and camping barns
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Ten years ago this month, in a small-ish theater at Apple Computer headquarters at One Infinite Loop, I saw Steve Jobs unveil the iPod. On Nov. 2, 2001, I wrote, "The iPod is revolutionary in a number of ways, and its descendants will replace the PC."
I think I was right, as we're starting to see now with the widespread adoption of iPhone-inspired smartphones and tablets.
Part of the iPod reinventing computing is that the iPod itself will disappear into those new computers, which is what we're about to see. First, "iPod" became an app on the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. On Tuesday, Apple's new CEO Tim Cook will reportedly unveil new iPhones and iPod Touches running iOS 5 linked to iCloud storage accounts (5GB for free, more for $) — and could phase out the iPod Classic entirely, as well as the word "iPod" itself.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds aloft the first iPod at its 2001 debut (still frame courtesy of Apple).
[partner id="evolverfm"]It's foolhardy to pretend to know anything for sure about any product announcement before they happen (not that it stops many of us in the tech press from doing so). Sure, Apple could keep the traditional iPod around in some form after tomorrow, but even if so, its days are numbered for reasons including the following:
- Apple's iOS devices can download music from Apple's other big idea for this season, iCloud, and will integrate automatically with iCloud with tomorrow's arrival of iOS 5 (read about what that means for music fans);
- unlike the traditional iPod, those connected devices can play subscription content and music in storage lockers without visibly enforcing DRM;
- they can share listening activity in real-time on Facebook and elsewhere;
- they also let users install (almost) whatever software and services they want, not to mention hundreds of thousands of other apps, all of which make Apple more money than when someone buys an iPod and fills it with ripped CDs, downloads from MP3 blogs, and whatever they've grabbed from file-sharing networks.
Having watched digital music closely for over 13 years, I boil it down to two main events:
First, music turned into 1s and 0s.
That spawned CD rippers, the MP3, software music players, hardware music players (like, eventually, the iPod), P2P file sharing, anti-piracy lawsuits, and web radio.
Second, music players themselves turned into 1s and 0s.
This led to the creation of a wild variety of apps running on connected devices (check out our roundup of every iOS car music player, as just one example), and allowed subscription services such as Spotify to operate without forcing honest users to deal with onerous DRM (digital rights management) technology.
That's it. In the grand historical scheme of digital music, only these two things have happened, and the second one is ongoing.
Apple's strategy has been cagey throughout this process. It has continued selling hardware iPods and digital downloads on one flank and hawked smartphones, "smart players" like the iPod Touch, and tablets on the other, all the while charging developers 30 percent of every app purchase and subscription sign-up. Now, the Tim Cook-helmed Apple is getting on-board with the second phase of the digital music revolution, having taken its sweet time about it — just like it did with the first iPod.
Tomorrow, Apple, the 500-pound gorilla of digital music, will throw its weight behind iCloud and connected iOS devices and could chuck the traditional iPod out so that all of its iPod-descended devices can run apps and connect to iCloud. Apple wasn't close to the first company to sell an MP3 player, but it outlasted and outsold its competition all the way to this season's launch of iOS 5 and iCloud, with which Apple leaves the iPod mentality (if not the device itself) behind to join more fully the second phase of the digital music revolution.
Hey, ten years isn't a bad run — and really, the iPod's demise follows the big historical arc from physical music to 1s and 0s, which first transformed music and is now transforming the music player.
Stay tuned; we'll have more analysis of the effect of iOS 5 and Apple's other announcements on digital music starting tomorrow.
See Also: - What to Expect From Apple's 2011 iPhone Event
- Amazon Kindle Fire Is Not for Reading - It's For Challenging the iPad
- Facebook Music's Biggest Loser: Last.fm
- 5 Key Features Missing from Facebook Music
- Another Surprise: iTunes, iOS Save Music Streamed from iCloud
- Surprise, Surprise: Apple iCloud Streams Music (Video)
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The pressure's on and time is running out! It's 1872 and the unflappable Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the globe and race from London, around the world, and back to London, in a mere 80 days! At Fogg's side: a band of quirky adventurers. At their heels: a relentless Scotland Yard detective! At stake: surviving utterly fantastic adventures across India, China, Japan and America – beating the clock – and winning the bet!
Jules Verne meets Monty Python in this madcap odyssey perfect for the entire family. Described by The New York Times as "smart enough to make sophisticated adults laugh out loud and shamelessly silly enough to keep children interested and entertained," Penobscot Theatre will give one complimentary youth ticket for kids 18 and under, for every $36 ticket purchased. (Please note, patrons must call or visit box office for this offer. Offer not available on line).
"We really want to pack the house with families," says Artistic Director, Bari Newport, "We want people of all ages to know they are welcome at PTC."
Kate Warner directs this unabashedly theatrical production. Theatre-savvy audiences may be familiar with Kate's work as Artistic Director of the improv-based, Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta and Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre in Boston. "It's the best kind of rehearsal when you get to say to the cast, "Thursday we'll work on the train stunts and Friday we'll do the elephant," laughs, Warner.
The five actors who embark on the extraordinary itinerary and global race against the clock, play 39 different characters. Dominick Varney (Annie), Arthur Morison (Last Gas), Brad LaBree (Becky's New Car) and Jenny Hart (Boeing-Boeing) support popular Atlanta based actor Robin Bloodworth, in his first PTC production.
Incidentally, Robin is on his own amazing adventure. He is on a quest to perform at a theatre in every state of the union. "I have thirteen to go!" says Robin.
The design team for Around the World in 80 Days includes set design by Erik Diaz (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), lighting design by Wayne Merrit (Becky's New Car), costume design by Rebecca Wright (Annie), properties design by Meredith Perry (Wit) and sound design by Brandie Rita (The Sugar Bean Sisters).
Don't miss Around the World in 80 Days at the historic Bangor Opera House from May 15 – June 2. Performances run Wednesdays through Sundays. Individual ticket prices range from $22-$36. Group, Senior and Student discounts available. Purchase tickets, subscriptions and gift certificates online a www.penobscottheatre.org, or through the Box Office at 207-942-3333.


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I have smoked The La Perla Habana cigars and let me tell you they are solid. Great construction, cedar and spice. They are as good as many so called premiums. Do yourself a favor and buy a box or three. But take it from someone who has smoked handmades for more than thirty years, try them you'll like them.
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Most children cherish Elmo over all other Sesame Street characters. A smaller group love the Cookie Monster or possibly Grover. My child? She's crazy about Bert & Ernie - the only gay men on the block.
I discovered this by accident. Javi used to love the movie "Elmo in Grouchland"; however, he hasn't watched it in years. So I decided yesterday to test if it still works. As soon as Ernie's face popped up on the screen, Bella shrieked with excitement. Then out stormed Bert in a towel and shower cap ... and the baby was hooked.
Now, everytime we show her a picture of the couple, she giggles, claps and bounces a little. I've played the first 5 minutes of the Elmo movie just to show off her reaction. There's nothing better than pure joy ... especially when it defies logic. Why does she love Bert & Ernie so much but then lose interest when Elmo comes on? There are no cute baby names for Bert & Ernie like there are for Elmo (e.g., MoMo, Omo, Ahmo, etc).
Yet - perhaps this is some type of genetic memory. Here are two fun facts: My mother decorated me and Erin's baby room in Bert & Ernie. Also, Ashlee's ex is a dead ringer for Bert. There are no coincidences!
Here's a shot of Bella enjoying her new buds. Perhaps they'll share some fashion sense and the ability to spot "family" from a mile away:
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Spiders to face seven NCAA Regional teams and two College World Series in 2010
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. – Third-year head coach Mark McQueen has announced the University of Richmond's 2010 baseball schedule, with the Spiders set to play seven NCAA Regional teams, two College World Series participants, along with 29 home games at historic Pitt Field.
The Spiders' aggressive 56-game schedule features seven teams that reached the Regionals of the 2009 NCAA Tournament – Virginia, North Carolina, George Mason, Ohio State, Xavier, Oklahoma and Jacksonville. The Cavaliers and the Tar Heels each reached the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
"We're very excited about this year's schedule," said McQueen. "On paper, it's one of the toughest we've played in quite some time. These early-season games should provide our veteran club with good tests to prepare us for the remainder of a difficult schedule."
Complete Richmond 2010 Schedule (PDF)
The 2010 season opens with six of the first seven games in Jacksonville, Fla., as the Spiders are set to play in both the North Florida and Jacksonville invitationals on consecutive weekends. The season opener is Florida A&M on Feb. 19, followed by North Florida and Ohio State.
Richmond is home to host VMI in the Pitt Field opener on Feb. 23, before returning to the Sunshine State to battle Valparaiso, Jacksonville and Oklahoma.
Also highlighting the schedule are home-and-home series with Commonwealth rivals George Mason, Old Dominion, Longwood and VMI. The in-city rivalry with VCU is set for April 6 at The Diamond and April 14 at Pitt Field.
Atlantic 10 play opens with the Spiders hosting Fordham at Pitt Field March 26-28, with A-10 Champion Xavier in town the following weekend.
Richmond's other conference weekends are: Massachusetts (away), George Washington (home), Temple (away), Saint Joseph's (home), Duquesne (away), Rhode Island (away) and the regular-season finale at home versus Charlotte.
The Spiders welcome back all but one position player and three pitchers off the 2009 club that was among the youngest in college baseball. Seven of Richmond's starting position players in 2009 were either freshmen or sophomores.
Sophomore 2B Adam McConnell, who was an A-10 All-Rookie and Ping Freshman All-America last season, returns after leading the Spiders with a .355 average, while his 31 stolen bases were the most by a freshman in the NCAA last season, set a school freshman record and were the third-most ever in a single-season at Richmond.
McConnell, along with senior 3B Cameron Brown and senior SS Victor Croglio comprise one of the most talented defensive infields in the A-10. Brown batted .340 and slugged a team-leading 11 home runs, with Croglio drove in 16 runs, stole eight bases and committed just six errors in 119 chances.
Senior LHP Matt Zielinski anchors a pitching staff that lost its career saves leader in Brian Alas, righty starter Stephen Owens and reliever Josh Horn. Zielinski is an All-Conference performer who owns a 13-11 record, a 4.60 ERA, 178 strikeouts and 74 walks in his career.
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The FBI discovered that emails received by Jill Kelley, a close friend of the Petraeus family, were sent by Paula Broadwell. And as they dug deeper, the affair between Broadwell and Petraeus came to light. NBC's Andrea Mitchell reports.
New in this version: FBI search Paula Broadwell's home Monday night; officials say the FBI agent who worked with Jill Kelley, the Tampa, Fla. woman who received anonymous emails from Broadwell, was dismissed from case because he became obsessed with Kelley.
Updated at 11:36 p.m. ET: "Menacing" anonymous emails that launched the FBI investigation which ultimately brought down CIA Director David Petraeus contained references to the "comings and goings" of high-level U.S. military officials, raising concerns that someone had improperly gained access to sensitive and classified information, a source close to the recipient tells NBC News.
The first email sent anonymously to Jill Kelley, the Tampa, Fla., woman who reported the threatening emails to the FBI, in May referred to Kelley socializing with other generals in the Tampa area and suggested it was inappropriate and should stop, according to the source close to Kelley, who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity.
After Kelley alerted the FBI, agents began pursuing it as a possible case of cyber harassment or stalking. "The thought was she was being followed," the source said.
The anonymous emails continued -- sent from multiple alias accounts -- and some later ones in the sequence contained references to Petraeus, though not by name, the source said.
What most alarmed Kelley and the FBI, the source said, were references to "the comings and goings" of high-level generals from the U.S. Central Command, which is based at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, and the U.S. Southern Command, as well as Petraeus -- including events that were not on any public schedule. This raised the question as to whether somebody had access to sensitive -- and classified -- information.
Moreover, the sender of the emails had "covered her tracks pretty well," the source said.
Some members of Congress are saying that they or, at the least President Barack Obama, should have been told about the investigation of the director of the CIA while it was going on. NBC's Pete Williams reports.
Multiple government and law enforcement officials have told NBC News that FBI agents traced the emails to Paula Broadwell, Petraeus' biographer. In the course of the investigation, the agents also discovered emails between Petraeus and Broadwell that were indicative of an extramarital affair, they said.
The source close to Kelley said that she had never met Broadwell and had no idea who she was. The source also stressed that Kelley has been active in multiple social events in the Tampa area and is purely a social friend of the Petraeus family.
Meanwhile, it has come to light that the FBI agent contacted by Kelley about the emails she received from Broadwell was removed from the case. According to officials, the agent's supervisors said he had become infatuated with Kelley and had sent her shirtless photos of himself.
The FBI remains involved in the case, however. On Monday evening, plain-clothed FBI agents arrived at Broadwell's home in Dilworth, N.C. around 9 p.m. Monday night for what a senior law enforcement official called a "consensual search." The official said the search is not a raid and "not a game changer."
Rather, the official said that the FBI is being thorough as it finishes its investigation into Broadwell and whether she violated cyber-stalking or cyber-bullying laws.
The investigation of Petraeus has concluded. Law enforcement sources tell NBC News that Petraeus is not under investigation and that they don't expect their inquiry will result in criminal charges.
The search of Broadwell's home is not expected to yield information that would lead to charges against her, the official said. At the house, agents did not respond when reporters asked for their affiliation, although WCNC in Charlotte, N.C. confirmed they were with the FBI.
NBC News has been unable to reach Broadwell for comment.
The FBI confirmed it conducted a search of the home of Paula Broadwell in relation to the investigation former CIA director David Petraeus. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses with Jon Meacham, author of the new book, "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power," and Jane Mayer, a staff writer for The New Yorker.
The new information offers clues about how federal investigators could connect a handful of anonymous emails to Broadwell, a trained intelligence officer who spent years working with some of the most secretive agencies in the world.
Federal officials who spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity on Monday said it took agents a while to figure out the source. They did that by finding out where the messages were sent from -- which cities, which Wi-Fi locations in hotels. That gave them names, which they then checked against guest lists from other cities and hotels, looking for common names.
That led them to Broadwell, they said, noting that the pattern coincided with her travel to promote her book.
Finding the location from which the emails emanated would not have been difficult, experts say.
Some webmail services, including Yahoo and Microsoft's Outlook.com, send user IP addresses across the Web with every note, according to privacy researcher Chris Soghoian, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union. Those IP addresses can be used to track the physical location of a computer user connected to the Internet, sometimes without the help of an Internet service provider.
Broadwell had used a Yahoo account publicly in the past. If she used a new, fake Yahoo account for some of those anonymous emails, agents would have had an easy time gathering a list of IP addresses from the threatening emails Kelley provided to them. And even if she had used Gmail or another service that doesn't "leak" IP information, an FBI agent could have obtained such information by calling Google with a subpoena, the experts said.
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Meet the people who have been pulled into the scandal that caused Gen. David Petraeus to resign.
Once there was evidence to link Broadwell to the emails, agents would have had little trouble proving probable cause and getting a warrant under the provisions of the Stored Communications Act, which would allow them to access any emails sent or received during the prior 180 days. Agents could also have sought a wiretap order and monitored Broadwell's email in real time, though wiretaps are more challenging to obtain, and there is no indication that agents took that step.
Soghoian said the successful cyberhunt for Broadwell shows anonymity is much harder to preserve than many Internet users realize.
"We see this again and again. We saw it with the Anonymous (hacker) arrests last year. The lesson for the rest of us here us you have to go through a lot of steps to maintain anonymity, and you only have to screw up once," said Soghoian. "The FBI was able to pierce the veil of anonymity even for someone who's been trained. The government only has to get one clue. You have to be successful 100 percent of the time (when trying to hide)."
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Family Language Policy, Language Practice, Motivation, and Planning among Israeli Arab Students in Wingate Institute's Preparatory Program
Family language policy (FLP) and language use in different domains and relationships wasinvestigated in thirteen Israeli-Arab students enrolled in an institution of higher education inIsrael. Participants came from Arabic FLPs, communities, and schools. The study wascompleted through semi-structured interviews. Our research objectives were to investigate theFLP of the sample and a possible presence of differences in the ideologies concerning theirparent-led FLP and their future family's FLP, among other things. Our findings point to apossible change in ideologies toward the instrumentally oriented FLP which incorporatesHebrew language to a greater degree. Further investigations should focus on effects ofgenerational FLP change on identity and related psychological factors.
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Earth & Mineral Resources
James D. Myers, ,
University of Wyoming
An interdisciplinary lecture-lab course for upper division focusing on the Earth and mineral resources that are critical to maintaining a modern, industrialized society. The course follows a resource, e.g. copper, from geologic formation, discovery, production and ultimate disposal. Topics covered include: metals, building materials, chemical minerals and more. Non-STEM perspectives are also covered with respect to each resource. Labs consist of multi-week case studies progressing from geology, economics and social perspectives. Student groups do oral presentations and written reports.
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Lecture and lab
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University with graduate programs, including doctoral programs
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This is an upper division course for majors/non-majors with only upper division status as a pre-requisite. It satifies the university's USP global and Earth science requiremens. Class enrollment is about evenly split between majors and non-majors.
Course Content:
Minearal exploration, mining, resource class, variety of non-STEM perspectives
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This course was designed to prepare students to address issues of resources they will encounter as citizens in the future. It promotes STEM knowedge and skills as well an understanding of the role of non-STEM perspectives in these policy decisions. Currently, environmental justice is not specifically addressed.
Course Features:
Case studies that introduce them to resource issues in a range of global contexts.
Course Philosophy:
Originally designed in collaboration with Director of International Studies. Since his retirement, I have used the methods and approaches I learned from him to continue developing case studies with a global and social perspective to compliment the more traditional STEM content and approach. Environmental justice is not now covered, but would be an ideal topic to incorporate in the future.
Assessment is through exams, reading questionnaires and oral presentations and written reports.
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An unannounced arrival wound up at the Federal Communications Commission Thursday and suspicion is circling that it could be Sony's new Xperia Tablet.
The device, filed at the FCC under model name SGPT1311, appears to be tablet hardware. The FCC reportedly granted Sony approval for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity.
And while few other details - besides the revelation Foxconn is the device's manufacturer - came out, the prefix "SGP" matches filings made for Sony's Tablet P and Tablet S, a detail worth noting as consumers wonder when they'll see the company's newest tablet.
TechRadar first reported on Tuesday about the next-gen Sony Tablet S, the specs of which snuck out thanks to a leaked presentation.
Sony Xperia splashproof
The device purportedly has a slim quad-core, an improved camera and its aluminium body appears to be splashproof.
It looks like it'll run on at least Android 4.0 and cost between $449.99 (around £300) and $649.99 (£420).
Though this device may not be the next tab from Sony, all signs point to the very distinct possibility the rumors are true.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Shawn Eichorst is leaving his job as athletic director at scandal-ridden Miami for Nebraska, where he accepted a five-year contract to succeed Tom Osborne and oversee the Cornhuskers' program.
The schools made simultaneous announcements on Thursday, and for Miami, Eichorst's departure comes at a particularly curious time -- both with the Hurricanes set to play Notre Dame in the rekindling of a huge college football rivalry on Saturday, and as the school braces to receive potentially crippling NCAA sanctions sometime in the coming months for compliance violations.
Former Maine athletic director Blake James will become the acting AD at Miami, filling the role that Eichorst held for just under 18 months.
"I am deeply disappointed in Shawn's departure to the University of Nebraska as I thoroughly enjoyed working with him," Miami president Donna Shalala said in a statement. "We wish Shawn and his wonderful family the very best at their new post."
Eichorst's departure from Miami was reported earlier by ESPN's Brett McMurphy.
Eichorst's starting salary at Nebraska will be $973,000 annually, believed to be a significant raise over his Miami deal. As a private school, the Hurricanes typically do not release contract information.
At Nebraska, the 75-year-old Osborne -- one of college football's legendary coaches -- announced late last month that he will retire Jan. 1 after five years on the job. He'll become athletic director emeritus and stay involved in department operations through July 30 at Nebraska, where he won 255 games and 13 conference titles as football coach.
Eichorst will start at Nebraska on Oct. 9, first as a special assistant to Chancellor Harvey Perlman, then assume Osborne's role on Jan. 1.
"I am humbled by both the responsibility and opportunities that lie ahead and I hope to carry on the rich tradition of Husker excellence set by Coach Osborne and so many others," Eichorst said in a statement released by Nebraska.
Eichorst has not spoken with Miami reporters in months, citing the ongoing NCAA investigation as the reason why requests were declined.
Eichorst was hired by the Hurricanes after serving as Wisconsin's Chief Operating Officer for athletics, overseeing a $90 million budget and being closely involved with a $100 million construction project for ice hockey, swimming and football. Eichorst was highly recommended for the Miami job by his one-time boss at Wisconsin, athletic director Barry Alvarez -- a close friend of Shalala.
Alvarez is also a graduate of Nebraska.
Eichorst arrived with Miami's athletic department in flux: Funds were being raised for facility upgrades, and the school was in the process of hiring a basketball coach to replace Frank Haith, eventually deciding on bringing in Jim Larranaga. Quietly, though, the Hurricanes were also under NCAA investigation over their compliance practices, which wound up overshadowing everything Eichorst did at Miami.
The story over Miami's NCAA mess broke publicly in August 2011, when claims made by former booster and convicted Ponzi scheme architect Nevin Shapiro -- now serving a 20-year prison term for his role in bilking investors out of $930 million -- were published by Yahoo Sports. Shapiro said he provided dozens of Miami athletes and recruits with impermissible benefits over an eight-year period starting in 2002.
The NCAA is expected to provide Miami with its notice of allegations later this year. Once that happens, sanctions typically follow in about 90 days.
Miami's athletic director for the period of some of those alleged violations was Kirby Hocutt, who left for Texas Tech last year. And now, the person who replaced him -- and vowed to help clean up the NCAA mess -- is also gone.
Eichorst was believed to be working closely with the NCAA during the joint inquiry into the athletic department, so his departure comes at a difficult time for both the department and the university, which is already dealing with a number of issues unrelated to the investigation, such as dwindling football attendance and major financial problems involving its highly touted medical school.
Eichorst addressed the scandal in a roundtable interview with Miami reporters on Nov. 1, 2011.
"I'm not making any excuses. I'm not asking anybody to feel sorry for me or anybody else," Eichorst said. "I've got a job to do and I'm only looking forward. I'm not looking backwards."
Now, he's looking at a new beginning.
"I was impressed with Shawn's credentials and experience but more importantly his respect for and appreciation of the tradition of the Nebraska Athletics program," Perlman said. "He expressed from the onset his hope to draw on the experience and knowledge of Tom Osborne and the rest of the current staff in working to continue the department's success both on and off the field."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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December 11, 2009by Darren FluscheLeague President Andy Clarke heads off to Copenhagen next week as an official observer to reinforce the need for national, state and local governments to include cycling as an integral part of a sustainable transport strategy – which Copenhagen exemplifies so well. Maybe he can help power their municipal Christmas tree while he's there.


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Video: The Craigie On Main Burger
This, folks, is the Craigie on Main burger served at Tony Maws' restaurant in Central Square, Cambridge. It's one of the finest versions of chopped-beef-on-bun you will find anywhere, and it's no accident that it is.
On a personal level, Craigie on Main is one of my favorite restaurants in the world. Heck, I even proposed to my wife at its previous incarnation as Craigie Street Bistrot before it made its move to bigger, better, shiner digs a few years back. (The ring was delivered around the rib of a wild boar chop). Ever since Tony told me that he was working on a burger to add to the restaurant's bar menu, I'd been following its evolution closely.
It took him over six months of testing: He slowly honed down his beef blend (the final version contains three cuts of beef blended with suet and bone marrow), experimented with umami bombs until he settled on dehydrated miso powder to amp up its beef flavor, tried bun recipe after bun recipe until finally achieving that ideal balance between softness and structure, and fine-tuned his cooking technique that involves a temperature and moisture-controled CVap oven and a 900°F plancha.
For a while, the large burger was served with a pile of sweet potato shoe-string fries, though these days it comes with really great thick-cut, extra-crispy steak fries (a good change, IMO), along with house-made made ketchup, red wine vinegar pickles, and a celery root slaw.
You'd think that with all this finessing and fancy equipment you'd end up with a fancy-pants burger, but it's really not: This is a case where clearly the technology and technique are in the service of the burger, not the other way around.
The beef is sourced from Hardwick, Massachusetts, from a farm that only slaughters a few animals each week, making the beef very limited in supply—the restaurant makes about 20 burgers a night and sells out pretty quickly, so if you get the chance to order one, I suggest you take it.
For the record, the best time to eat this beast is in August or September when tomatoes are in season—Tony doesn't serve them any other time of the year.
Check out the video for a full look at the process. And Tony—if you're reading: Bottle and sell that "burger vinaigrette"!
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